Mark Hoppus Details Blink 182's Studio Progress

Blink 182 bassist Mark Hoppus has written a lengthy studio update.  The band is currently writing and recording their follow up to 2003’s self titled effort, and first material back since their lengthy hiatus.  Hoppus details the events of October 5, 2010:

“Another productive day in the studio.  Yesterday was the first real dip back into recording up here in LA since the tour ended.  There are a lot of ideas floating around on these hard drives, and it’s great to be getting back into it.  Making noise.  Loud noise.  Into microphones and onto recording machines.  Robots.  Recording robots.  No tape, just anthropomorphic machines.  Anyway, I played bass on a track that Tom had been working on last week, and Travis played drums on another one.”

Later, he goes on to explain what he has scheduled for the day ahead:

“Now tonight I’m trying to write lyrics for a song we’ve been working on for a long time, that I want to sing tomorrow.  This track is near(ish) complete.  Drums, bass, guitars, percussion, and keys already recorded.  I think it still needs a great guitar lead, which Tom will kill.  If I can write and record the lead vocals, doubles, and harmonies tomorrow, I’ll consider it a win.  A passing first-down plus yardage with no penalties, if you will.  I’d also like to re-track the bass on Up All Night, the elusive track that we were very close to releasing last summer, but decided to wait till we could record more and figure out exactly where this album is headed.”

The entire update can be found here.